Say Say Say

WRITERS

Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

ARTIST

Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

RECORDED

AIR Studios, London; Odyssey Studios, London;

Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles; and Sigma Sound Studios, New York

RELEASED

Single, 1983

Pipes of Peace, 1983

Say say say

What you want

But don’t play games

With my affection

Take take take

What you need

But don’t leave me

With no direction

All alone

I sit home by the phone

Waiting for you, baby

Through the years

How can you stand to hear

My pleading for you, dear?

You know I’m crying

Now go go go

Where you want

But don’t leave me

Here forever

You you you

Stay away

So long, girl, I

See you never

What can I do

Girl, to get through to you

’Cause I love you, baby

Standing here

Baptised in all my tears

Baby, through the years

You know I’m crying

You never ever worry

And you never shed a tear

You’re saying that

My love ain’t real

Just look at my face

These tears ain’t drying

You you you

Can never say

That I’m not the one

Who really loves you

I pray pray pray

Every day

That you’ll see things

Girl, like I do

What can I do

Girl, to get through to you?

’Cause I love you, baby

Standing here

Baptised in all my tears

Baby, through the years

You know I’m crying

Say say say